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A shootout in NYC will beblamed on Virginia Gun Dealers and gun laws. Stand by...

From the story:

Investigators were trying to determine whether Martinez was selling illegal weapons before he was fatally wounded in the taxi area of the landmark Marriott Marquis hotel. They say the gun he fired was reported stolen in Richmond, Va., on Oct. 28.

"We keep getting this lesson every day," said Bloomberg. "If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states."

Police say Martinez was carrying several business cards linked to Virginia gun dealers near Richmond, in Hampton Roads and in Ivor. All the gun shops declined to comment

He wore his gun outside his pants for all the honest world to see. Pancho & Lefty

The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us....There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! ...The war is inevitable–and let it come! I repeat it, Sir, let it come …………. PATRICK HENRY speech 1776

The local gun dealer whose business is now connected to a gun battle on the streets of New York City spoke exclusively to CBS 6 on Thursday night.

Investigators say that they found one of Gary Lewis's business cards in the pocket of 25-year-old Raymond Martinez. He died during a shootout with a plainclothes police officer in Times Square on Thursday.

Lewis owns and operates Gary's Guns & Transfer in Goochland County. He says that he does not sell the kind of gun - a Mac-10 9mm machine pistol - that police say that Martinez used to shoot at the police officer. Lewis also says that he never met Martinez, and does not know how he acquired his business card.

Police say the gun Martinez was using was stolen in Richmond back in October.

To see Jon Burkett's complete and exclusive interview with Gary Lewis, scroll to the top of this page.

Update: 6:29 p.m.

The New York Times is reporting a gun used in a midday shooting in Times Square was stolen in Richmond back on October 28.

The Times is also reporting the man killed in that shooting was carrying the business card of a Goochland gun dealer. CBS 6's Jon Burkett spoke to Gary Lewis, who runs Gary's Guns & Transfers in Manakin-Sabot. Lewis says he does not sell the type of gun used in the Times Square shooting.

You can watch Jon's interview with Lewis tonight on CBS 6 News @ 11.

The Times also reports there is a hand-written message on the back of the business card. It reads: "I just finished watching 'The Last Dragon.' I feel sorry for a cop if he think I'm getting into his paddy wagon."

A NYPD spokesman says a plainclothes officer chased a scam artist through crowded Times Square sidewalks, exchanging gunfire that shattered Broadway theater and gift shop windows, before killing the man near the Marriott Marquis hotel.

No one else was injured.

A police spokesman says the 25-year-old suspect was believed to be conning tourists along Broadway when he was recognized by a sergeant who works on a task force that monitors aggressive panhandling.

The spokesman says when the officer approached, the man took off. He says sergeant gave chase, and the man turned and opened fire, getting off two rounds before his pistol jammed. The officer returned fire, killing the man.

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There is so much crime and "gun violence" in Virginia because of your lax gun laws.

Now New York in comparison has such good crime statistics because of their strict gun laws, hardly anybody gets killed with guns.

I am not anti Cop I am just pro Citizen.

U.S. v. Minker, 350 US 179, at page 187
"Because of what appears to be a lawful command on the surface, many citizens, because
of their respect for what only appears to be a law, are cunningly coerced into waiving their
rights, due to ignorance." (Paraphrased)

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I really loved one of the comments on the news where somebody from the Violence Policy Center said that if we allowed firearms to be registered they could have tracked it better. Registration is not going to make it easier to track anything, it can't be tracked until it shows up, all registration is going to do is to identify which doors to knock to say we want your guns - NOW.

'Till the last landings made, and we stand unafraid, on a shore not mortal has seen,
'Till the last bugle call, sounds taps for us all,
It's Semper Fidelis, MARINE!

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streetdoc wrote:

I really loved one of the comments on the news where somebody from the Violence Policy Center said that if we allowed firearms to be registered they could have tracked it better. Registration is not going to make it easier to track anything, it can't be tracked until it shows up, all registration is going to do is to identify which doors to knock to say we want your guns - NOW.

Aren't there GPS tracking devices in every gun and every round of ammunition? :P

Yata hey

Better to not open your mouth and be thought the fool, than to open it and remove all doubt.

You will not rise to the occasion; you will fall back on your level of training.” Archilochus, 650 BC

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streetdoc wrote:

I really loved one of the comments on the news where somebody from the Violence Policy Center said that if we allowed firearms to be registered they could have tracked it better.Â* Registration is not going to make it easier to track anything, it can't be tracked until it shows up, all registration is going to do is to identify which doors to knock to say we want your guns - NOW.

I will register them the day some explains to me how this will help track a STOLEN gun. The gun used in this incident was STOLEN!

"Research has shown that a 230 grain lead pellet placed just behind the ear at 850 FPS results in a permanent cure for violent criminal behavior.""If you are not getting Flak, you are not over the target""186,000 Miles per second! ... Not just a good idea ... It's the law!"

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Bloomberg has tried to do some of the most underhanded things and for some reason something doesn't seem right to me on this. What's the chances of stolen gun, Mac 10 to be precise, and dead shooter with Va gun dealer cards in his pocket? Could be believable I guess, maybe he tried and could not legally purchase so he found one to steal. I would really like to know more. Will this woman that purchased the gun and reported it stolen turn up? Is she real? You have to think, I do not feel Bloom berg has an honest care for peoples safety as he claims for all the garbage he spews. I do believe that if he could get his way or it would push his agenda, he would trade a life for his own benefit.

I hope there are some 2a supportive detectives and crime scene investigators that are not ruling any thing out. I would as well like to see proof of the rounds that were fired and the ballistics match from that mack 10 that supposedly fired them. Someone could have gave the guy the gun and blanks and said to do a little acting, but of course dead men tell no tales. We really don't know unless we have seen it with our own eyes.

You might see this on another thread, I thought I was posting to this one